During the UNFCCC Intercessional we’ve noticed that a lot of our fellow youth know a lot about this process and we thought why not share their expertise with everyone? So today we have Harriet, an experienced youth in the UNFCCC process from the UK. Read about why she cares about the process and a pretty…
Category: Tribunes
The Ecosprinter European Tour – Next stop : Cyprus !
From the 22 to the 25th of May, 27 countries and over 500 million inhabitants will be given the choice to elect their 751 representatives at the European Parliament. But ow is it happening all over Europe ? Are campaigning, political issues, and Euroscepticism the same in Spain and Belgium, Lithuania and Great Britain ?…
Militarisation of Israeli society: The long-term effects of an ongoing conflict
Militarisation is a process taking place in many countries. In a country like Israel that has been at war for a very long time, the military and militaristic values transform the society at large. Militaristic values like unquestioning obedience and performance are normalized in this process. Army colonel’s visiting schools is not a neutral act,…
Ecolojovem – «Os Verdes» reclaims: Palestine will be free! Peace it’s urgent!
We live today in a world threatened by insecurity and war. It is urgent to affirm the peace and the rights of the people to their independence, sovereignty and self-determination. In this context, the European Union has an obligation to fight for a Europe and a world of peace, cooperation and support. For more than…
Tribune of “Les Antigones”, a French “feminine” movement
REMINDER : This tribune has raised controversy among readers of The Ecosprinter. The Ecosprinter is an independant participative online newspaper, powered by FYEG. The articles and their content do not reflect FYEG views and are only engaging their authors, in the aim of empowering freedom of speech and public debate within European youth on striking…
Eight ‘creepy’ things in Westernized love for ‘mighty’ men
Note: [This article is based on the general mentality of men in the Southern Asia where an attitude towards women has been always ironic and dominating and this could be pivotal reasons for series of horrific gang rapes in the South Asia. The article tries to lampoon the existing system of patriarchal societies in Asia…
The Bosnian Spring: A Queer-Feminist Perspective
The fifth of February marked the beginning of the largest demonstration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since the end of the war. It is not only the extent of the protest that marks a profound caesura in the history of BiH but also the unprecedented consequences following: mass rampages, extensive arrests, the resignation of the…
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GREEN TO YOU
“To be green means to think about today and tomorrow. As a gardener, I learnt that you fail if you focus only on this year’s harvest: you might have nothing the next year. Already in my years in the anti-nuclear movement, I understood that only with solidarity, passion, and patience you could win on…
Portraits of Migrants : Hanny, a car addict from Persia
Hanny is 28, from Tehran, in Persia/Iran. For a couple of months now, we are in the same class of our Integrationkurs, both struggling with German language. In Germany for just a year, she manages her way around pretty well in this tricky language. All which follows was expressed in German (aouch!). Hanny loves cars….
Legalise migration !
Have you ever been on holiday? To Thailand maybe? Or to Dubrovnik? Travel is a wonderful privilege we should all cherish. Yet travel for most of today’s travelers is not a story of picturesque holidays, but rather picturesque stories of forced migration. As we have brought down borders to any and all goodies and services,…